Dental care for patients with special needs at a private higher education institute: Dentistry and special patients

Ana Lucia  Franco Ricardo; Rosemeire  Arai Yoshida; Renata Oliveira Guaré; Cristiane de Almeida Baldini  Cardoso; Sérgio Lúcio de Castro  Lopes; Karolina  Fardim; André Luiz Ferreira Costa; Maria Teresa  Botti Rodrigues dos Santos

doi:10.4322/bds.2023.e3646

Dental care for patients with special needs at a private higher education institute

Dentistry and special patients

Authors

Ana Lucia Franco Ricardo Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, Department of Dentistry. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5475-1596
Rosemeire Arai Yoshida Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, Department of Dentistry. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0053-4278
Renata Oliveira Guaré Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, Department of Dentistry. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5749-0651
Cristiane de Almeida Baldini Cardoso Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, Department of Dentistry. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3645-5368
Sérgio Lúcio de Castro Lopes Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Science and Technology Institute, Department of Diagnosis and Surgery. São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0882-5862
Karolina Fardim Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Science and Technology Institute, Department of Diagnosis and Surgery. São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6001-4103
André Luiz Ferreira Costa Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, Department of Dentistry. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4856-5417
Maria Teresa Botti Rodrigues dos Santos Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul, Department of Dentistry. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1276-8012

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4322/bds.2023.e3646

Abstract

Objective: Patients with special needs are those individuals who need special care for an undetermined period of time or for lifetime. The present study is aimed to address the dental care of special needs patients at a private higher education institute in the city of São Paulo. Material and Methods: A descriptive, retrospective study was performed for analysis of 210 dental records of special needs patients who were treated at the Dental Department for Special Patients of the Cruzeiro do Sul University between 2012 and 2018. Data on gender, age, diagnosis of the debilitating condition, reason of the consultation, continued use of medications, radiographic images and dental treatments provided were all collected before being submitted to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis (chi-square test) at a significance level of 5%. Results: As for the types of dental procedures assessed in the present study, of the 210 patients, 24% needed dental curative treatments in which periodontal therapy was the most prevalent type, whereas endodontic treatments had the lowest prevalence, representing 4% only. There was a high prevalence of chronic systemic diseases, affecting 56% of the dental records, whose age group was above 40 years old. Conclusion: Regular dental check-ups should be prioritized in patients with special needs to avoid more invasive interventions as found in our group.

KEYWORDS

Dental care for disabled patients, disabled person; Health profile; Oral treatment; Special needs.

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2023-03-24

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Vol. 26 No. 1 (2023): Jan - Mar / 2023 - Published Jan 2023

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Clinical or Laboratorial Research

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